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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1045)

POLL RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON 21 DECEMBER 2020

Reference is made to the circular of APT Satellite Holdings Limited (the "Company") dated 3 December 2020 (the "Circular") in relation to (a) the formation of the Joint Venture under the Investment and Cooperation Agreement; (b) the Satellite Contract and the transactions contemplated thereunder; and (c) the Novation Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder. Terms used herein shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular, unless defined otherwise.

The Board is pleased to announce that the proposed resolution as set out in the notice of the SGM dated 3 December 2020 was duly passed by way of poll at the SGM held on Monday, 21 December 2020.

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POLL RESULTS OF THE SGM

The Company is pleased to announce the poll results as follows:

Number of Votes

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

(Approximate %)

FOR

AGAINST

( a ) T o a p p r o v e , c o n f i r m a n d r a t i f y t h e

116,630,378

22,511,000

Investment and Cooperation Agreement as

(83.82%)

(16.18%)

defined and described in the Circular and all

transactions contemplated thereunder and in

connection therewith; (b) to approve, confirm

and ratify the Satellite Contract as defined and

described in the Circular and all transactions

contemplated thereunder and in connection

therewith; and (c) to approve and confirm the

Novation Agreement as defined and described in

the Circular and all transactions contemplated

thereunder and in connection therewith; and to

authorise the director(s) of the Company to do

all such acts and things and sign, seal, execute,

perfect and deliver all such documents on

behalf of the Company as they may in their

absolute discretion consider necessary,

desirable or expedient for the purposes of and

in connection with the implementation and/or

give full effect to any matters relating to the

Investment and Cooperation Agreement, the

Satellite Contract and the Novation Agreement

and the transactions contemplated thereunder

respectively.

Notes:

  1. The full text of the above resolution proposed at the SGM is set out in the notice of the SGM.
  2. As over 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the above resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution at the SGM.
  3. As at the date of the SGM, the total number of Shares in issue was 928,572,500.

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  1. As stated in the Circular, APT International, CASC and their associates, who were interested in, controlled and were entitled to exercise control an aggregate 508,950,000 Shares as at the date of the SGM, were required to abstain and have abstained from voting on the resolution at the SGM. The total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote on the resolution at the SGM was 419,622,500.
  2. The total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote only against the resolution at the SGM: Nil.
  3. Save as disclosed above, there were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolution at the SGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules.
  4. Except for APT International, CASC and their associates, none of the Shareholders has stated their intention in the Circular to abstain from voting on the resolution proposed at the SGM. In addition, none of the Shareholders has stated their intention in the Circular to vote against the resolution proposed at the SGM.
  5. The Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the SGM.

By Order of the Board

APT Satellite Holdings Limited

Lau Tsui Ling Shirley

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 21 December 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are:

Executive Directors:

Cheng Guangren (President) and Qi Liang (Vice President)

Non-executive Directors:

Li Zhongbao (Chairman), Lim Toon, Yin Yen-liang, Fu Zhiheng, Lim Kian Soon, He Xing and Tseng Ta-mon(Alternate Director to Yin Yen-liang)

Independent Non-executive Directors:

Lui King Man, Lam Sek Kong, Cui Liguo and Meng Xingguo

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